It's not summer anymore.

The lights go out at 7pm now and it starts to feel like winter is around the corner.
Where did summer go?
What happened to the evenings of chilled white wine, good times, and good men?
It's getting darker outside.
The cold months are just around the corner.
The smell of cinnamon and pumpkin creep up each year faster than the one before.

And will I go another winter with no love?
Another Holiday season, single and sick of the mingle?
Somehow I never found my summer fling.

It's not light out anymore.
What happened to the days of carefree nights and dazed over days?
Life goes by fast and faster.

Each year I wonder what will unfold.
I want it all.
I want to travel and see the light of the world.
The summer of the Australian Coast and South America too.

Perhaps I made a mistake, settling down.
This isn't where I want to be--forever.
It just feels right for now.

But then there are the moments where I wake up,
And realize it's not summer anymore.
That that evening glow doesn't satisfy me the way it used too.

Hopefully next summer, it will stay a little brighter out
For years to come.